Ladbrokes – Ladbrokescasino.com – Banned by the ASA
7 January 2009 by SilkyIf you can’t afford it gambling is one of the most ridiculous reckless things you can do.
Even if it’s a dead cert.
Even if you got the tip off a your mate whose uncle knows a bloke who knows John McCririck’s cleaner.
Even if it’s not a problem and you can handle it because it’s just not a problem and you can handle it. Look, it’s not a problem. I CAN HANDLE IT!
And what better way to (inadvertently) highlight just how ridiculously reckless gambling at, for example, Ladbrokescasino.com is by comparing it to rock-climbing using only your chin, or to swimming with sharks while covered in pork-products, or to skydiving using a crisp packet as a parachute?
Sadly, the ASA didn’t see it that way; so here are the 3 banned adverts:
The Climbing One:
The Shark One:
The Parachute One:
Just How Bad is this Ad?
(10 votes, average: 2.20 out of 5)
5Responses:
Simon
Said on the 8 January 2009
Ladbrookes look to have spent an awful lot of money on ads that won’t get seen beyond some viral on sites like this… £1m? more/ less?
Kez
Said on the 10 January 2009
Personally that “rock climbing with your chin” thing made me fucking laugh
Mark
Said on the 11 January 2009
They’re still showing the rock climbing one on some Virgin Atlantic flights (it’s shown before every single movie you select – it gets somewhat tedious). Guess the ASA doesn’t quite reach that far.
Helsie
Said on the 11 January 2009
I like these- much better than that VW Golf crap.
timmyhavoc
Said on the 19 January 2009
I like it in the chin climbing one where the backing vocals sing “chinny, chin, chin…”
Thats about as far as my interest goes…